# abada
## English
### Etymology

From Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from Malay badak (“rhinoceros”).

### Noun

abada (plural abadas)
* (obsolete) The rhinoceros.
* (mythology) A herbivorous mythological creature of the Central African Congo, similar to the unicorn. Its horns are said to be an antidote to poisons, and it has brown fur, two crooked horns and a boar's tail.
** 1864, William Winwood Reade, Savage Africa, page 373:It is certain that the unicorn is not to be confounded with the abada, about which they usually dispute; this one may see by the difference of their names, as well as by the difference of their body and parts […]

### Anagrams

* baaad

## Bambara
### Etymology

From Arabic أَبَد (ʔabad, “eternity”).

### Noun

abada
* eternity

### Adverb

abada
* always, forever

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ba.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: abadas, abadât

### Verb

abada
* third-person singular past historic of abader

## Fula
### Alternative forms

* abadan

### Etymology

From Arabic أَبَدًا (ʔabadan).

### Adverb

abada
* never

#### Usage notes

* Used in Western Niger Fulfulde.
* faa abada means forever.

## Galician
### Etymology

From aba (“apron”) +‎ -ada (“~ful”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈbada/ [aˈβ̞a.ð̞ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ada
* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧da

### Noun

abada f (plural abadas)
* apronful, quantity contained in an apron or in the folds of a shirt

#### Related terms

* aba

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abada”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abada”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “abada”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

## Hausa
### Etymology

From Arabic أَبَدًا (ʔabadan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔà.bà.dâː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ʔà.bə̀.dâː]

### Adverb

àbàdâ
* always

## Ibaloi
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaʀa, from Proto-Austronesian *qabaʀa.

### Noun

abada
* (anatomy) shoulder

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese abada (“female rhinoceros”), from a bada (“the rhinoceros”), with concretion of the definite article.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈba.da/
* Rhymes: -ada
* Hyphenation: a‧bà‧da

### Noun

abada m or f by sense (masculine plural abadi, feminine plural abade)
* Alternative form of bada (“rhinoceros”)

## Moore
### Etymology

From Arabic أَبَدًا (ʔabadan).

### Adverb

abada
* never

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From a- +‎ bada.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈba.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈba.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈba.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈba.dɐ/ [ɐˈβa.ðɐ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧da

### Noun

abada f (plural abadas)
* (obsolete) Alternative form of bada (“rhinoceros”)

#### Descendants

* → English: abada
* → Italian: abada
* → Spanish: abada

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese abada, from Malay badak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈbada/ [aˈβ̞a.ð̞a]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: a‧ba‧da

### Noun

abada f (plural abadas)
* (obsolete) rhinoceros
    Synonym: rinoceronte

### Further reading

* “abada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

## Turkish
### Noun

abada
* locative singular of aba